Obama/McCain and space exploration

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I know what it is now. I looked it up.

But, you didn't know before. You have to be a troll or someone living in a hut.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I've already told you why. Medical research is good, I don't disagree with that. But I don't think NASA spending is government waste.

But WHYYYYYYYY do you think that? You have made a couple blanket statements with nothing to back it up... thats not the same.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

But WHYYYYYYYY do you think that? You have made a couple blanket statements with nothing to back it up... thats not the same.

Hasn't she said enough already - do you really want her to say more? Dude, let it rest or else she'll go even wikier on you.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

But WHYYYYYYYY do you think that? You have made a couple blanket statements with nothing to back it up... thats not the same.

I've already told you why, PhiGam! What else more do you want me to say?! We should because I think there could be more there than we think. I would even like to see more exploration done here on Earth. Like I was saying earlier, I would like to see money spent on exploring what's on the deep end of our oceans. And we've barely discovered our rain forests. We need to because there's so much to see there too (which will soon be completely gone) So it's not just space, but it places here too. No, I can't back it up, but who can? If something is there, I want to know why it's there. There's so much life here we haven't discovered, and there are hundreds of thousands of galaxies out there, and to get there, we have to start in our own solar system 1st. Without NASA funding it won't happen.

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Hasn't she said enough already - do you really want her to say more? Dude, let it rest or else she'll go even wikier on you.

Ya know, these are things that interest me and you guys can continue to make fun of me if you want. So what if I didn't know what it was. I don't know a lot about computers or the computer terminology being used on here. Spam, blog or whatever. You're right, we should just let it go, because as usual since I'm not one of the "cool snarky greekchatters" my threads get trainwrecked. What I don't understand is if some of you guys aren't interested in this why post here? Seriously.

[LightBulb]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Congratulations! This is seriously the dumbest possible thread regardless of topic. Sweet, guys! Great work!

Right after my map of Mars? I'm honored.

Originally Posted by KSig RC

NOT SNARK:

Awesome.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

-130 is cold

Agreed. Ice ball baby, too cold, too cold.

[the rocketeer]

Human rights > space exploration, so even if I don't necessarily believe in Obama's views on NASA funding, I'm still voting for him

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Not all rainforests are being destroyed. You're thinking of the ones in Brazil, I take it? The ones here in North America are for the most part in protected national parks/forests. My point was that people DO explore and do research in our rainforests; in my state people go camping and hiking in ours year-round. If you want to observe and research one, no one is stopping you. It's a ridiculous comparison to Mars and space is what I'm getting at.

Yeah, I was actually referring to the ones in South America. I was just using it as an example because we haven't explored the rainforests like we should have.

Originally Posted by PhiGam

I've heard that but think about the fact that we don't even know where space ends (if its not infinite). I don't think there's a fraction small enough to relate how much of space we haven't explored.

True. Space continues to grow, but we don't know if there is any other life out there, but we do know for a fact that there is life in parts of the oceans we don't yet have the technology to go.

Originally Posted by the rocketeer

I'm still voting for him

Me too.

[DaemonSeid]

How safe if the shuttle?


http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archi...3/1631680.aspx

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

How safe if the shuttle?


http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archi...3/1631680.aspx

That was a great article. I think it's safe, but like anything else made by people it can be made safer. That all comes with the proper engineering and inspections.